“A timely reminder of a true great. Will you sound like him when you plug it in? We wish”: Epiphone Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Oxblood review

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What is it?

Jeff Beck needs no introduction and neither do his guitars. The ‘Yardburst’ and the ‘Oxblood’ Les Pauls, to name but two, are ever-linked to defining periods of the late, great guitarist’s storied past. Recently Gibson Custom launched a rather fine 130-only replica of the former in 2024 aimed at well-heeled collectors, now Epiphone, in collaboration with Gibson Custom, has now shone the light on the latter with an everyman model that’s some £8k less expensive.